The ten magnificent memorial stained glass windows by Willets of Philadelphia were installed between 1945-1949 under the chairmanship of Daniel Lace Quirk, Jr., and Charles K. Lamb. They replaced earlier Victorian glass and were a mixture of painted and stained work.

Willets of Philadelphia was founded in 1898 in Pittsburgh and moved to Philadelphia in 1912 where it remains today.

William Willet (1867-1921) and his wife Ann Lee Willet did great pioneer work in the revival of traditional craftsmanship and the renewal of interest in medieval glass. In 1921, Henry Lee Willet (1899-1983) continued his father’s work. With his wife Muriel Crosby Willet and his children, E. Crosby Willet and Ann Willet Kellogg, he helped to revive medieval glass-making techniques in the United States.

There are other delightful, stained-glass windows in the Chapel and in a small anteroom off the narthex, but no history has yet been discovered about them.

St. Luke’s was at one time home to a stained glass donated by Frederic Pease upon the death of his beloved wife, Josephine Dolsen Pease. The glass included an inscription from Frederic Pease to the memory of his wife.

The glass was later donated to Eastern Michigan University, where Pease was Chair of the music department (known as Michigan State Normal College at the time).

Read more in the article, A Window on History: 19th century windows donated to Pease Auditorium.